Bassoon
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the bassoon!
-For beginner and intermediate bassoon students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the bassoon
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, interval studies
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for bassoon. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 49: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on bassoon using:
-E-flat, F, & G
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 50: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Bassoon sight-reading using:
-C minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 51: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on bassoon using:
-A-flat only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 52: Technique (Power Up)
Bassoon technique:
-Long tones and breath control with dynamics -
Video 53: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Bassoon ensemble using:
-Duet
-E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Divisi
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature -
Video 54: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on bassoon using:
-C, D, & E-flat
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature
-Pick-up note -
Video 55: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Bassoon sight-reading using:
-E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 56: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Bassoon warm-ups using:
-E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 57: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Bassoon music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings
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Video 58: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for bassoon using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 59: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on bassoon using:
-D only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 60: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on bassoon using:
-B-flat, D, & F
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 61: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Bassoon sight-reading using:
-E-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Slurs
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 62: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on bassoon using:
-D only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 63: Technique (Power Up)
Bassoon technique:
-Facility: right hand fingerings -
Video 64: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Bassoon ensemble using:
-Duet
-G minor key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Slurs
-Divisi
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 65: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on bassoon using:
-B-flat, E-flat, & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 66: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Bassoon sight-reading using:
-B-flat major key signature
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up note
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 67: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Bassoon warm-ups using:
-F, E, D, & C
-New note E
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-Breath marks
-"C" time signature -
Video 68: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Bassoon music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 69: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for bassoon using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 70: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on bassoon using:
-E only
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 71: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on bassoon using:
-C, E, & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 72: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Bassoon sight-reading using:
-D minor key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-Slurs
-Dynamics: mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes
